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Re: DVD problem

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Zacharie Elcor

Wednesday, 3 January 2007 Wed, 3 Jan '07

7:51 a.m.

Hi, I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that would uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary comand) but I didn't find such a utility in fedora packages. Does anybody know one ? Thanks

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Tim

Wednesday, 3 January Wed, 3 Jan

8:12 a.m.

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:51 +0100, Zacharie Elcor wrote:

I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that would uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary comand) but I didn't find such a utility in fedora packages.

Sounds awfully like planning to build a trojan... However, "self extracting archive" is the most common term I've come across for that sort of thing. <http://www.google.com.au/search?q=linux+self+extracting+archive> finds <http://linux.org.mt/article/selfextract> at the top of the list, which sounds like what you want to do. -- (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.

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Zacharie Elcor

9:24 a.m.

On 1/3/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:51 +0100, Zacharie Elcor wrote: > I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that > would uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary > comand) but I didn't find such a utility in fedora packages. Sounds awfully like planning to build a trojan...

it's only for personal use. Not meant to be widely spread. Thanks Tim However, "self

extracting archive" is the most common term I've come across for that sort of thing. <http://www.google.com.au/search?q=linux+self+extracting+archive> finds <http://linux.org.mt/article/selfextract> at the top of the list, which sounds like what you want to do. -- (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list(a)redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

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Les Mikesell

10:48 a.m.

On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 14:51 +0100, Zacharie Elcor wrote:

I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that would uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary comand) but I didn't find such a utility in fedora packages. Does anybody know one ?

Why not use an RPM package? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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Steven W. Orr

1:02 p.m.

On Wednesday, Jan 3rd 2007 at 14:51 +0100, quoth Zacharie Elcor: =>I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that would =>uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary comand) but I =>didn't find such a utility in fedora packages. Does anybody know one ? Besides sitting down and learning how to package rpms, try this man shar -- Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have .0. happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0 Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000 individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net

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Fred Smith

6:47 p.m.

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 02:51:27PM +0100, Zacharie Elcor wrote:

Hi, I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary file that would uncompress its content when run, then execute an arbitrary comand) but I didn't find such a utility in fedora packages. Does anybody know one ? Thanks

You can make a self-extracting archive with zip and unzip. See "man unzipsfx". -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." ------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) -----------------------------

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Markku Kolkka

Thursday, 4 January Thu, 4 Jan

6:17 a.m.

fredex kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai 04 tammikuu 2007 02:47):

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 02:51:27PM +0100, Zacharie Elcor wrote: > I need to make a simple command line installer (a binary > file that would uncompress its content when run, then > execute an arbitrary comand) but I didn't find such a > utility in fedora packages. Does anybody know one ? You can make a self-extracting archive with zip and unzip. See "man unzipsfx".

"makeself" can do exactly what Zacharie wants: http://www.megastep.org/makeself/ -- Markku Kolkka markku.kolkka(a)iki.fi

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Fred Smith
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Steven W. Orr
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Zacharie Elcor